Stoney Creek is a long
second order tributary to the
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...
in
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three List of counties in Delaware, counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent County, Delaware, Kent, and Sussex County, Delaware, Sussex). As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ce ...
.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as:
*Fransens Creek
*Oele Fransens Creek
*Tukohtene Creek
*Quarry Creek
*Quarryville Creek
*Stenkill Creek
*Stony Creek
Course and dam
Stoney Creek rises on the
Perkins Run divide in Westwoods in
New Castle County, Delaware
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and flows southeast to mouth at the Delaware River just north of
Fox Point State Park.
It passes through in
Bellevue State Park. Tukohtene Falls (Lenape for round mountain) is a ten-foot waterfall located in the park.
Bellevue Lake is a reservoir created by the impounding of Stoney Creek in 1936. it has a capacity of 100 millions gallons of water. Bellevue Lake is a remnant of the Old Bellevue Quarry, which was allowed to fill. (The harvested stone was used to build the
Delaware Breakwater) It is miles across and covers . The reservoir supplied the Wilmington and Suburban Water Comopany, which was founded in 1933 and has since absorbed into
Suez Water.
Watershed
Stony Creek has a stream segment length of 1 km. Its watershed drains of area, receives about of precipitation per year and 24 inches of snow annually. It has a
topographic wetness index
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of 475.50, is about 17.6% forested, and a mean temperature of . Located in the deciduous and mixed forests. It is one of four major streams that empty into the
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...
from the
Piedmont
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in
Delaware
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, the others are
Shellpot Creek
Shellpot Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in northeast New Castle County, Delaware. The stream rises between Grubb Road and Shipley Road, south of Naaman's Road at in Brandywine Hundred and flows southeast for about six miles before d ...
,
Perkins Run and
Naamans Creek
Naamans Creek (spelled Naaman Creek on federal maps) is a tributary of the Delaware River that is located in northeast New Castle County, Delaware and southeast Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
History and geography
This creek is believed to be na ...
.
Images
File:Fox Falls - DE.jpg, Tukohtene Falls
File:Stenkil Creek in Delaware.jpg, Stony Creek (February 2019)
Eagle Falls (Winter).jpg, Stenkill Falls
Stenkill Falls Flooded after a large Rainstorm.jpg, Stenkill Falls flooded
File:Stony Creek in the Winter.jpg, Near Allen Tract Park
File:Rocks in Carcroft Crest Park.jpg, Rocks in Carcroft Crest Park
See also
*
List of rivers of Delaware
List of rivers in Delaware (U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by name.
Major rivers and creeks (28)
*Appoquinimink River
* Blackbird Creek
* Brandywine Creek
* Broad Creek
* Broadkill River
*Choptank River
*Christina River
*Delaware River
...
References
Rivers of New Castle County, Delaware
Tributaries of the Delaware River
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